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There may be a massive surplus of films and TV shows that tell the story of Jesus, but The Chosen has made history by being the first multi-season series about the prominent Christian figure. The show boasts an impressive cast of characters played by a number of talented actors, many of whom have had previous experience with other biblical-themed projects. The Chosen tells the story of Jesus of Nazareth, his life and works, and the people who knew him. While closely following biblical texts, the series isn’t afraid to take dramatic liberties without smearing the importance of its message.

The show premiered in 2017 and was instantly beloved by faith-based audiences, with The Chosen episodes even screening in movie theaters and raking in massive box office grosses. The Chosen season 5 is confirmed, and will center on Holy Week, the final days before Jesus' crucifixion. It's unknown how much of the Bible the show will cover,...

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Skims continues its ’90s-inspired streak with a new swimwear campaign starring Carmen Electra and Jenny McCarthy.

Electra, 51, and McCarthy, 50, “capture the essence of a sizzling, hot summer,” notes Skims in a release. “This fun campaign celebrates the impact these women had on pop culture and their timeless appeal, reminding the world that confidence and sexiness cannot be confined.”

The actresses sport the Kim Kardashian-co-founded label’s signature swim silhouettes in the shoot, including the zip-front and scoop-neck one-pieces ($88-$94) in the classic Onyx and Gunmetal shades, the Triangle Top with the Dipped Tie Bottoms ($36-$38), the Tank bikini top and the mid-waist bottoms ($48 each).

The former Playboy models previously worked together on McCarthy’s 2005 film, Dirty Love, and “faced off” in MTV’s claymation series Celebrity Deathmatch.

The battle of the billionaires may soon be getting bloody, as Mark Zuckerberg has accepted Elon Musk’s challenge to a cage fight, with the Facebook founder ready to hit Musk where it hurts the most – and we’re not talking about the wallet.

This particular part of the Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg storyline stems from Zuckerberg apparently planning a “Twitter rival” called Threads. Musk took to, well, Twitter to address the situation with, “I’m sure Earth can’t wait to be exclusively under Zuck’s thumb with no other options. At least it will be “sane”. Was worried there for a moment.” This quickly spiraled, with Musk responding to learning of Zuckerberg’s love of jiu-jitsu with, “I’m up for a cage match if he is lol.” Uh, Elon, do you have any idea what a bow and arrow choke feels like?

This is Zuck’s story on insta right now.

In 2023, only 34 percent of creative roles in animation are held by women, according to the nonprofit organization Women In Animation. Within that 34 percent is Indigenous Boricua filmmaker Alba Enid García-Rivas.

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Thanks to her father, a well-known director of photography on the island of Puerto Rico, García-Rivas became immersed in the world of film at a very young age. "My father was one of the cameraman pioneers. He was the director of photography for many telenovelas and stuff like that. Iris Chacón and La Lupe and all these greatest artists from Puerto Rico knew him because he was the go-to cameraman and the director of photography," she tells Popsugar. "Since I was 2 years old, I was involved with him. He brought me to the TV station. He taught me, 'This is how you do special effects. This is how you do a green screen.

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In Pixar’s new animated short-form series, “Cars on the Road” (currently streaming on Disney+), creator/director and animator Steve Purcell puts Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) and Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) on a cross-country trek full of cinematic nostalgia. The stops include homages to the stop-motion dinosaurs of Ray Harryhausen, the Overlook Hotel from “The Shining,” and retro sci-fi movies.

“We wanted to send them on a road trip [to the wedding of Mater’s sister], and make it so that each place they stop was its own mini-adventure,” Purcell told IndieWire. “And that afforded us a lot of opportunity to create all these different, interesting locations, each with its own sensibility, style of music.”

Producer Marc Sondheimer added that in spite of the series’ short-form nature, it still contains 65 minutes of content. And it’s tied together in episodic form. “The launch of Disney+ afforded us a different form factor to tell these stories in...

Paramount Plus is taking a page from ViacomCBS’s Pluto TV streaming service with the launch of 18 linear channels that let subscribers surf through always-on themed collections of shows — just like old-fashioned television.

On Thursday, Paramount Plus launched Live Channels, a new feature that curates popular shows and movies on the service in linear channels, pulled from ViacomCBS properties including CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, BET and the Smithsonian Channel as well as from other sources.

The themed “live” channels, streaming 24 hours per day, feature the service’s most-streamed genres, such as Kids & Family Fun, Crime & Justice and Reality TV: Competitions, as well as fan-favorite franchises such as “Star Trek,” “SpongeBob SquarePants” and “Paw Patrol.”

Paramount Plus is adopting the linear TV-style model pioneered by Pluto TV, which Viacom acquired in early 2019. Tom Ryan, founder of Pluto TV, was elevated to president and CEO of ViacomCBS Streaming a year ago.

Nina L. Diaz will now head up unscripted and adult animation for Paramount Plus, Variety has learned exclusively.

The promotion was announced by Chris McCarthy in a memo to MTV Entertainment Group staffers on Thursday, which can be read in full below.

Diaz will now serve as chief creative officer for unscripted entertainment and adult animation at Paramount Plus, while remaining Cco and president of content for MTV Entertainment Group. She will continue to report to McCarthy. In addition, Grant Gish’s role as head of adult animation is expanding to include Paramount Plus across series and movies, with Gish still reporting to Diaz.

Furthermore, Lily Neumeyer will now be head of development for unscripted entertainment for Paramount Plus and MTV Entertainment, while Tolani Holmes is being promoted to the new role of senior vice president for development of unscripted entertainment for Paramount Plus and MTV Entertainment.

Unscripted executives Ben Hurvitz,...

HBO Max is going to high school. The streaming service has handed out a two-season order to the “Clone High” reboot from original creators Christopher Miller, Phil Lord and Bill Lawrence.

“Clone High” was among three adult animated series pickups on Wednesday, part of an expansive slate that includes four additional projects in development.

Among the new series are a “Scooby Doo” spinoff, “Velma,” that will star Mindy Kaling, and “Fired on Mars,” an existential workplace comedy set five minutes in the future led by “SNL” castmember Pete Davidson. Additionally, HBO Max has picked up two more seasons of “Close Enough” ahead of that comedy’s second season premiere on Feb. 25.

“Clone High” is a modern refresh of the 2000 MTV comedy that features high school-aged clones of famous historical figures Abraham Lincoln, Cleopatra, Joan of Arc and John F. Kennedy. It only ran for 13 episodes but gained a cult following...

Tony Hale’s cartoon chicken Archibald is moving from Netflix to Peacock for “Archibald’s Next Big Thing Is Here.”

Netflix ran two seasons of a series titled “Archibald’s Next Big Thing,” which will continue streaming on that platform. This new season — which is technically a new series based on Hale’s feathery character — consists of six episodes, which will launch Feb. 18 on NBCU’s Peacock.

Per “Archibald” studio DreamWorks Animation, “Archibald’s Next Big Thing Is Here” is the next chapter for Archibald Strutter, a chicken who “yes-and’s” his way through life. While his adventures don’t always go as planned, Archibald takes it one step at a time with the help of his three siblings, Sage, Finly and Loy, and his trusty sidekick, Bea.

Watch the trailer for Peacock’s “Archibald’s Next Big Thing Is Here” via the video above.

Along with Hale, the voice cast...

Mortal Kombat 11 is sadly reaching the end of its life cycle. But although NetherRealm has already released the secondary story mode Aftermath, various Dlc characters, and few other new features, we’re still due one more Dlc pack before the studio moves on to a new game.

While fans wait anxiously for the big announcement, series co-creator Ed Boon has been throwing around hints on Twitter. Normally, I’d be going full-on Beautiful Mind with those hints, covering my walls with Ed Boon tweets and newspaper clippings, but Boon isn’t the kind of guy you should trust at times like this. The guy Loves messing with fans.

Fortunately, a new update just hit Mortal Kombat 11 and that’s sent the dataminers of the world into the game’s code in search of anything juicy, and boy, did they find some stuff. According to the findings of dataminer and Mortal Kombat modder thethiny,...

MTV is dipping back into its past once again, putting a reboot of “Clone High” in development from the original creative team of Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Bill Lawrence.

The animated series only ran for 13 episodes in the early 2000s and featured high school versions of famous historical figures. It gained a cult following in the years since its cancellation. Like the original, the new “Clone High” will follow prominent historical figures who have been cloned and placed back in high school, including Abraham Lincoln, Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, John F. Kennedy and more, as they face the trials and tribulations of normal teenage life.

Erica Rivinoja, who was a writer on the original series, will co-write the pilot with Lord and Miller and serve as showrunner.

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“We thrilled to reunite with Phil Lord,...

ViacomCBS has promoted veteran executives Trevor Rose and Justin Rosenblatt to senior roles in the Entertainment & Youth Group division. Rose is being elevated to Evp, Talent & Content Development and Head of Talent, Entertainment & Youth. Rosenblatt is being upped to Svp, Alternative & Comedy Content for ViacomCBS’ Entertainment & Youth Group. The moves are part of the post-merger integration and further consolidation of top creative executives at the new Entertainment & Youth division, run by Chris McCarthy, under Nina L. Diaz, President of Content and Chief Creative Officer for the entire group. They also follow the recently announced departure of Sarah Babineau, Head of Comedy Central Content & Creative Enterprises, who will be exiting the company at the end of the year.

Rose previously served as Svp, Talent and Series Development for MTV Studios, VH1, Cmt and Logo. A 16-year veteran, he joined VH1 as an assistant in the Talent department, quickly rising through the ranks.

ViacomCBS has promoted two senior executives, Trevor Rose and Justin Rosenblatt, to higher roles within its Entertainment & Youth Group.

Rose is being promoted to executive vice president of talent and content development and head of talent, while Rosenblatt is being upped to senior vice president of alternative & comedy content for ViacomCBS’ Entertainment & Youth Group.

They will work under Nina L. Diaz, president of content and chief creative officer.

“Trevor and Justin are consummate tastemakers with a keen understanding of what moves the needle in pop culture,” Diaz said in a statement. “With Trevor leading the way, the sky is the limit for where these creative all-stars will take our brands.”

Also Read: ViacomCBS Revisits Strategy That Drove a Turnaround at Paramount

Rose previously served as Svp of talent and series development for MTV Studios, VH1, Cmt and Logo. He has been with the company for 16 years, having joined as an assistant in the talent department.

Master Class: Stop-Motion Animation with Brad Schiff From Laika Studios takes place Saturday November 9th at 2:00pm as part of this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival. This is a Free event that will take place at the Sverdrup Complex 123 on the campus of Webster University. Read a 2014 We Are Movie Geeks interview with Brad Schiff Here. Brad will also host a Free screening of the Laika Studios film Missing Link at The Missouri History Museum at 11am November 9th

Native St. Louisan Brad Schiff is an Oscar nominee for Best Achievement in Visual Effects for “Kubo and the Two Strings” and one of this year’s Cinema St. Louis Award honorees. He serves as the animation supervisor of Laika Studios, which specializes in stop-motion animation, a process that involves moving objects — e.g., puppets, models, or clay figures — in small increments, taking a photograph after each tiny change,...

Justin Bieber, Tom Cruise, and Steve-o walk into an arena. Sounds like the start of a bad joke, right? We wish. Rather, it could be coming to a Ufc fight night near you, and soon.

In yet another plot twist in the weirdest story of the year, Jackass star Steve-o has proclaimed to the internet that he wants to fight the Biebs. But only if the latter doesn’t end up fighting Tom Cruise.

As stupid as this sounds, you have to admit, a fight with Steve-o would actually be a little entertaining. The guy’s pain threshold has to be off the charts, with all the nut shots and, well, more nut shots he’s taken over the years.

If you’re just getting back from a month long off-planet sabbatical and need to get caught up though, here you go. One day, Justin Bieber randomly Twitter-challenged Tom Cruise to a Ufc match.

In today’s crazy news, Justin Bieber wants to fight Tom Cruise in a Ufc cage fight! He challenges Cruise on Twitter saying if he doesn’t “take this fight your scared and you will never live it down.” Here’s that Tweet:

I wanna challenge Tom Cruise to fight in the octagon. Tom if you dont take this fight your scared and you will never live it down. Who is willing to put on the fight? @danawhite ?

— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) June 10, 2019

Then Ufc fighter Conor McGregor egged on the challenge and says that he will host the fight if “Cruise is man enough to accept this challenge.” You can read what he said below:

If Tom Cruise is man enough to accept this challenge,

McGregor Sports and Entertainment will host the bout.

Does Cruise have the sprouts to fight, like he does in the movies?

Stay tuned to find out!

Ice Cube teamed with the Roots to perform “That New Funkadelic,” a track off the rapper’s long-awaited and just-released LP Everythang’s Corrupt, on Friday’s The Tonight Show.

“It’s an homage to one of my favorite artists in the world, George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic,” Ice Cube told Jimmy Fallon of the song earlier in the episode.

Ice Cube has frequently sampled Clinton’s music over the past decades, notably on tracks like “Bop Gun (One Nation)” (which featured Clinton), “Dirty Mack” and “Steady Mobbin’.”

For the Tonight Show performance,...

MTV Studios is set to revive their stop-motion animated series Celebrity Deathmatch, which featured various celebrities engaging in highly stylized and ultra violent wrestling matches.

The bloody caricature versions of these celebrities would engage in bloody combat by using different abilities and weapons to deliver particularly brutal attacks, resulting in exaggerated physical injuries.

It was a fun, silly, and mindless show that managed to entertain. With the way social media has fueled the flames of celebrity and fan rivals, it makes sense that MTV would want to bring it back now.

Series creator Eric Fogel will return to executive produce, along with Ice Cube, who will also star in the new take of the series. Chris McCarthy, president of MTV, VH1 and Cmt had this to say in a statement:

“We’re excited to grow our partnership with Ice Cube and Cube Vision to reimagine this fan favorite. ’Deathmatch’ was the meme before memes,...

Can anyone really ever get too much stop-motion clay animation programming? MTV Studios doesn't think so. To that end, it is reviving its old Celebrity Deathmatch TV show, for a new generation. Ice Cube, will star, and is executive producing alongside Jeff Kwatinetz via Cube Vision. Eric Fogel -- who created the original series that ran on MTV for eight seasons, between 1998 and 2007 -- will also executive produce.

It doesn't sound like the series will wind up on MTV though. MTV Studios is making the series for either an "exclusive" streaming platform, or a premium network. Learn more about the Celebrity Deathmatch TV series revival, from this MTV press release. Read More…...

Ice Cube will team with MTV Studios on a revival of Celebrity Deathmatch, MTV’s beloved Claymation series that transformed music beefs and tabloid feuds into a violent, satirical battle to the death. The rapper will both star and, through his Cube Vision production company, executive produce the revival, with the series’ original creator Eric Vogel also on board as executive producer.

“Happy to once again be working with Viacom and MTV on a fan favorite like Celebrity Deathmatch and to continue our success together,” Ice Cube said in a statement.

MTV Studios is getting back in the ring: A reimagining of the animated stop-motion series Celebrity Deathmatch is in development, with Ice Cube set to lend his voice and serve as an executive producer.

Original creator Eric Fogel will also serve an Ep on the updated program, which does not yet have a network attached.

The original Celebrity Deathmatch, which pitted pop culture figures against each other in fantasy wrestling matches that featured plenty of blood and gore, ran from 1998-2002 on MTV and was briefly revived from 2006-2007 on MTV2.

Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…...

Sound the bells and put up your dukes, because MTV Studios has announced that they're planning a revival of their stop-motion animated series Celebrity Deathmatch! According to reports, series creator Eric Fogel will get back into the ring as the program's executive producer, with legendary rapper-actor Ice Cube set to executive produce and star in the new version of MTV's…...

MTV Studios has lined up “Celebrity Deathmatch” as its latest series revival.

Series creator Eric Fogel will return to executive produce, with Ice Cube set to executive produce and star in the new take on the stop-motion animation series. Jeff Kwatinetz of Cube Vision will also executive produce with Ben Hurwitz co-executive producing. The new “Celebrity Deathmatch” will be available as a weekly series for an Svod or other network partner in 2019.

“We’re excited to grow our partnership with Ice Cube and Cube Vision to reimagine this fan favorite,” said Chris McCarthy, president of MTV, VH1 and Cmt. “’Deathmatch’ was the meme before memes, remains a hot topic on social media and will be a smart, funny way to tackle the over-the-top rhetoric of today’s pop culture where it belongs – in the wrestling ring.”

“Celebrity Deathmatch” originally aired from 1998-2001 on MTV. It presented parodies of various celebrities as they engaged in brutal,...

MTV Studios is reaching back into its past to bring back another fan favorite. This time in the form of stop-motion animation.

The Viacom-owned company announced Wednesday morning it’s working on a reboot of “Celebrity Deathmatch,” the animated series that pitted like-minded celebrities against each other in fights that very often ended in gruesome deaths for one, if not both, of the fighters.

The new version will star Ice Cube, who will also executive- produce alongside his partner Jeff Kwatinetz through his Cube Vision production company. Series creator Eric Fogel will return to executive- produce as well, with additional showrunners and talent to be named shortly. The new version will be available as a weekly series for an exclusive streaming or premium broadcast partner in 2019, with MTV adding the franchise reboot will include consumer products, gaming and theatrical.

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MTV Studios is reviving another classic MTV series, Celebrity Deathmatch. The recently launched studio is developing a reimagined version of the cult-favorite claymation stop-motion satire that skewered celebrities, politicians and everyone in between during its famed original 1998-2002 run. Ice Cube is attached to star and will executive produce alongside his partner Jeff Kwatinetz through his Cube Vision production company. Series creator Eric Fogel will return to executive produce as well, with additional showrunners and talent to be named shortly.

The all-new Celebrity Deathmatch will be shopped as a weekly series to premium and streaming networks in 2019. The show is the first step in a plan for reinventing the franchise across consumer products, gaming, theatrical and more.

MTV in June announced the creation of MTV Studios with exploiting library IP as a main goal and an initial slate that included a reimagining of MTV’s animated comedy Daria, an update...

MTV Studios continues to mine its vault with the hopes of delivering a hit for a platform outside of Viacom.

The studio arm of the Viacom-owned cable network is reviving Celebrity Deathmatch, with Ice Cube joining as an executive producer and lead member of the voice cast. An outlet is not yet attached; MTV Studios will shop the revival to streaming, cable and broadcast networks.

Celebrity Deathmatch is following the same strategy the June-launched MTV Studios used for its revival of The Real World, which ultimately was picked up to series at Facebook Watch. It's part of a larger plan ...

Well, you know what they say? If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. 

It took longer than Joe anticipated, but he finally rid the world (and Beck) of Peach Salinger on You Season 1 Episode 6. 

Rest in some sapphic paradise, Peaches. You will be missed.

It's difficult to imagine what the series will be like in Peach's absence. Shay Mitchell was such a delight in this role, and she was a fantastic adversary for Joe. She beat the others by a landslide. 

It was mentioned multiple times before, but Joe and Peach's contentious relationship was more often than not more interesting than Joe and Beck's warped love story. Badgley and Mitchell had the type of fantastic chemistry that must come from years spent on soapy teenage dramas that knew how to keep people hooked. 

It came to a head this hour, but the funniest part about it is that...

Ouch, that’s gotta hurt. Ed Sheeran revealed he once smashed Justin Bieber across the face with a golf club. No, this was not over royalties or something out of “Celebrity Deathmatch” — just two friends and a lot of booze. Sheeran told The Guardian of the time he and the Canadian singer made some poor yet hilarious decisions at […]...

Here at Et, we love an anniversary -- whether it’s the 20th anniversary of Scream or Clueless, 10 years in the life of The Hills or the magical time making No Doubt’s Magic Kingdom 20 years later. And as we settle in 2017, it’s time to look ahead at all those upcoming moments that will have you saying, “I remember when…”

Here’s a brief look at our favorite TV and film milestones of 2017:

Jan. 25, 2002: A Walk to Remember (15 Years)

While fans are crying over Mandy Moore’s Golden Globe-nominated performance on NBC’s hit new series This Is Us, it was just 15 years ago that they cried over her performance in the weepy adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ book about a girl with cancer who falls in love with a rebellious classmate.

Let’s not also forget that 2002 gave us Naomie Harris in 28 Days Later, Barbershop, Ryan Gosling in Murder by Numbers, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, [link...

Adam Brody‘s next small-screen project is taking him far from The O.C. — and in way over his head.

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Slated for a fall premiere on Sony’s Crackle, StartUp follows three young developers — not exactly your typical polished entrepreneurs — as they attempt to execute a “brilliant, yet controversial tech idea.” Along the way, the unlikely trio finds itself involved with a Haitian gang and a potentially crooked FBI agent, to name just a few complications.

Brody stars alongside Martin Freeman (Sherlock, Fargo), Edi Gathegi (The Blacklist...

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Mortal Kombat X is set to gain four new fighters with the upcoming release of its second fighter pack, and while two of these are guests (same as before with the last fighter Dlc), soon you’ll be able to saw your friends in half with Leatherface or terrorise their feeble existence with the Xenomorph from Alien. These two will then be able to square off with the already available Jason Voorhees and Predator, meaning that Alien vs. Predator showdown we’ve all been waiting for will soon be a reality – a bloody, gory, brutal and downright fantastic reality.

Guest characters, however, can be shaky ground for some, because many fans would rather see the lore of the game explored, as oppose to some guest character pumped in for the sake of it.

Hell, they’d like to see those characters from past games who still appear to be...

2016 is coming. No matter what your mood is when the clock strikes midnight, we've got your streaming needs covered for that cold, cold morning of January 1.  Lighthearted acceptance: "Meet the Fockers" (Netflix) I prefer to think of "Meet the Fockers" as a tag team Celebrity Deathmatch: Robert De Niro and Blythe Danner vs. Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand. Whose wisecracks land hardest? Whose anxiety-inducing jabs make Greg Focker tweak hardest? It's hard to say. I feel like conventional wisdom tells you this movie is inferior to the original, but Dustin and Barbra are wholly original, hilarious characters. Along with "The Guilt Trip," this makes two times Barbra Streisand has played believable, quirky Jewish mothers who don't seem all that much like Barbra Streisand. Unthinkable devastation: "We Need to Talk About Kevin" (Netflix)   Tilda Swinton's kid is a born psychopath. I know we're supposed to find his wrath horrifying,...

The Walking Dead

Despite reports that he has been cast, actor Garret Dillahunt has revealed that he's only lobbying for the role of iconic comic villain Negan in AMC's "The Walking Dead". In a series of tweets, Dillahunt says:

"It's true, I am a @WalkingDead_AMC fan. I want #Negan. They are looking at some great actors and will make the best choice for the show. So surprised and grateful for all the support my public lobbying has received. Thank you. If not #Negan then something else someday! #Wd" [Source: Twitter]

Renewals

Two cable TV series have scored renewals. First up, IFC has announced that they will continue to be the TV home for comedian Marc Maron and have commissioned a thirteen-episode fourth season of his semi-autobiographical comedy. The new season premieres late 2016.

Meanwhile Syfy has renewed its zombie drama "Z Nation" for a third season. The channel has ordered fifteen new...

PewDiePie and his gaming friends aren’t the only YouTube content creators lending their likenesses to a new video game. MobileX Labs has released Celebrity Street Fight, which pits top social media stars against one another in one-on-one combat.

Celebrity Street Fight wears its influences on its sleeve for all to see. Its visual style is reminiscent of the old MTV show Celebrity Deathmatch, while its gameplay carries the look and feel of old-school 2D fighting games. The app itself is free, but it features microtransactions that can unlock additional moves and powerups.

The main difference between the new game and Celebrity Deathmatch is Street Fight’s choice of celebrity. More than a dozen YouTube and Vine stars appear in the game, including Ali-a, DeStorm, Ksi, and TheDiamondMinecraft. Upon the game’s release, its stars hyped it up by showing it off on their respective channels. Here’s Dan from...

Even though Halloween hasn’t passed just yet, I can’t help myself from getting the slightest bit giddy about my favorite time of the year to be a horror fan. No, I’m not talking about October’s scare-filled holiday, but the time of year when we board up our doors and pray that Krampus doesn’t come looking for naughty boys and girls to kidnap. I’m talking about Christmas, a time of psychotic mall Santas, zombie elves, illegal tree cutting, and the unholiest of all the North Pole’s enemies, Krampus himself. Those are the tinsel-draped nightmares that await you in this year’s A Christmas Horror Story, which should hold holiday horror fiends over until Michael Dougherty unleashes his own brand of X-Mas terror on the world in Krampus. Deck the halls and batten down the hatches – all signs are pointing to a bloody, violent Christmas this year.

Talking in Circles is a pop culture talk show/podcast where hosts Dan, Greg, and Chuck wax poetic about comic books, movies, television shows, and pretty much anything else in geek culture. Come for the witty banter stay for the exciting games, hilarious skits, and “crazy but true” news stories.

This week’s theme: Death. Death of careers to be exact. Inspired by that classic clay animation TV show Celebrity Deathmatch we square off the celebs of today to determine what careers need to die and what careers should keep on going. Some of the match-ups include Justin Bieber vs. Miley Cyrus, Kayne West vs. Kim Kardashian, Tom Brady vs. Alex Rodriguez and that is just the start…

Check out previous editions of Talking in Circles right here...

The Bachelor host Chris Harrison may think UnREAL is “terrible,” but his review is nothing short of delightful to the Lifetime drama’s co-creator.

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Upon reading Harrison’s less-than-kind comments, “Honestly, I was thrilled. I was so excited because I was like, ‘Oh, my God, they noticed us!'” Ep Marti Noxon told TVLine with a laugh at a Paley Center event for the series on Thursday. “His dislike of the show was not surprising to me, so it didn’t hurt my feelings.”

Not to mention, “any press is good press,...

Who snuck sour grapes into Chris Harrison‘s lunchbox? In a new interview, the Bachelor host tears into UnREAL — Lifetime’s fictional behind-the-scenes look at a reality dating show — with some choice words for the drama.

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“The main difference that I’ve seen is that people watch The Bachelor,” Harrison tells our sister publication Variety. “It’s complete fiction. As much as they would love to jump on our coattails — they were begging for us to talk about it and for people to write about it...

George Coe, an actor whose long and eclectic career earned him legions of fans spanning several different generations, has died. He was 86.

Coe spent more than 50 years acting both in front of the camera as well as through voiceover work, turning in defining performances in multiple media and genres. He began his career on Broadway in 1957 opposite Angela Lansbury in the original cast of "Mame," and went on to star in "On the Twentieth Century" and "Company," among other shows.

In television, Coe made history as one of the original cast members of "Saturday Night Live," debuting with the Not Ready for Prime Time Players on the show's first episode in 1975. He appeared in numerous other television series over the years, with roles on shows including "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "Murder, She Wrote," "Celebrity Deathmatch," "Bones," "Grey's Anatomy," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Gilmore Girls," "The Golden Girls," and "The West Wing.

George Coe, an original Saturday Night Live cast member and longtime actor and voiceover artist with over 50 years of credits, passed away Saturday in Santa Monica, California after battling a long illness, Variety reports. He was 86. Coe was featured among the other "Not Ready For Prime Time Players" when Saturday Night Live debuted on October 11, 1975.

While Coe appeared on other episodes during SNL's first season, he was only credited as a featured cast member on the debut, where he was listed alongside Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd and Gilda Radner.

Celebrities, you're officially on notice: In news that feels like one of the elaborate pranks the series specialized in, Bet announced Thursday that it would revive Ashton Kutcher's MTV hoax show Punk'd as part of the network's upcoming slate of new shows. The new Punk'd – this would mark the second time the series was rebooted – would provide a more behind-the-scenes look at how the celebrity-fooling shenanigans are created and executed, The Hollywood Reporter writes.

Punk'd's MTV original run, hosted by Kutcher, pranked unsuspecting celebrities from 2003 to 2007, though Bet...

Celebrity Deathmatch is back from the grave.

The hilarious claymation television series that featured celebrities squaring off in a boxing ring for a gruesome battle to the death is returning to MTV2 after an eight-year hiatus.

"The classic animated series returns, featuring no-holds barred fantasy fights between infamous figures from the worlds of entertainment and pop culture, reimagined for a world of social media and hourly Twitter wars," Viacom said in a statement on Tuesday.

The show originally aired from 1998–2002 on MTV and was brought back for a short run on MTV2 in 2006. The Hollywood Reporter was first to break...

Yet another ’90s TV reboot is stepping into the ring.

MTV2 has given a pilot order to a revival of Celebrity Deathmatch, the claymation series that originally ran on MTV from 1998 to 2002, per The Hollywood Reporter.

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The new version of Deathmatch, which pits pop culture staples against each other in fantasy wrestling matches, also will incorporate a social media element to the fights.

Creator Eric Fogel will executive-produce the revival, alongside Paul Ricci (Guy Code) and Chris McCarthy (Wild ‘n Out).

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Someone call Judge Mills Lane: MTV2 has ordered a pilot for a new version of its parent network's classic Celebrity Deathmatch. The network says the new Celebrity Deathmatch will be a "reimagined" version of the original that draws inspiration from our current "world of social media and hourly Twitter wars." Finally, we'll get to see what Suey Park versus Stephen Colbert looks like in Claymation form! The Deathmatch reboot is just one of three new series MTV2 announced today; the others are a Charlemagne tha God talk show and Kingin' With Tyga, a Jackass-style adventure show that follows the antics of America's favorite ephebophile.

Celebrity Deathmatch lives again. The MTV series originally ran from 1998-2002 and was revived on MTV2 from 2006-2007. The new version will again live on MTV2. Celebrity Deathmatch creator Eric Fogel and Wasteland Entertainment are behind the new series. Paul Ricci and Chris McCarthy are also on board as executive producers. The new series won't stray too much from the original concept: animated entertainment and pop culture star will battle to the death. MTV2 also ordered Kingin' With Tyga, a six-episode series about Tyga and his crew, and new talk show Uncommon Sense With Charlamagne tha God. Celebrity Deathmatch is just the latest established series to get another chance at life. NBC recently...

"Celebrity Deathmatch," MTV's claymation death-brawl with the stars, is returning with new episodes to MTV2! I support this. Along with "Daria," it was one of the network's chief forums for late '90s sarcastic commentary. I also remember hearing that the real members of Hanson wept upon watching their clay fight with the Spice Girls, and that is very funny.  Let's pick our favorite claymation fight from the original series.   While the "Michael Jackson vs. Madonna" showdown is legend, I remember at the time feeling like the duel between Jewel and Alanis Morissette was important. Maybe the "Alaska vs. Canada" element felt trenchant at the time? I don't know. I actually remember rooting for Jewel, which is such a funny childhood mistake. Clearly Alanis is the superior lyricist and performer.  Get More: MTV Shows...

Claymation cult favorite Celebrity Deathmatch is coming back with a pilot order at MTV2. The network also has greenlighted two new series: Uncommon Sense With Charlamagne Tha God, a topical weekly comedy talk show show hosted by MTV2 personality and radio host Charlamagne, and a docuseries starring rapper Tyga dubbed Kingin' With Tyga. The pickups come on the heels of MTV2 marking its highest-rated quarter in its nearly 20-year history during Q1. Uncommon Sense and Kingin…...

"Celebrity Deathmatch" is set to make a triumphant comeback, with MTV2 reviving the graphic claymation series for another round of episodes.

The Hollywood Reporter writes that the new series will be very much in keeping with the original, but with a few modern updates. "The new version will again feature animated no-holds-barred fantasy fights between infamous figures from entertainment and pop culture and will be reimagined for a social media world and hourly Twitter wars," according to THR.

"Celebrity Deathmatch" first hit MTV airwaves in 1998, where it ran for 75 episodes before getting canceled in 2002. MTV2 resurrected the show for a brief run in 2006; its season five premiere was the network's highest-rated season premiere ever, though "Deathmatch" was canceled for good in 2007 following its sixth season.

So far, MTV2 has only ordered a pilot, and there's no word yet on how many episodes a potential full "Deathmatch" season would contain. MTV...

MTV2 is bringing back Celebrity Deathmatch for another round. The Viacom-owned cable network has handed out a pilot order to the animated comedy, in addition to picking up a topical show from Charlamagne and docuseries starring rapper Tyga, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Eight years after its six-season run came to an end, Celebrity Deathmatch creator Eric Fogel and Wasteland Entertainment are behind the new incarnation, with Chris McCarthy and Paul Ricci also on board as executive producers. The new version will again feature animated no-holds-barred fantasy fights between infamous figures from entertainment and pop culture

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You can’t just say that you’ve seen Christ risen and not expect a few questions, Peter (played by Adam Levy) learns in this sneak peek from next Sunday’s A.D. The Bible Continues (NBC, 9/8c).

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In the clip below, the disciples are hiding from the authorities when they reveal to Peter’s daughter Maya (Helen Daniels) that they have seen and met with Jesus, who of course had been publicly and famously crucified.

So why aren’t they out and about, spreading the good news? What (or Who) are they waiting for?...